Guinea-Bissau - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Guinea-Bissau was 300,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 300,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 230,000 in 1988.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 235,000
1962 235,000
1963 235,000
1964 235,000
1965 235,000
1966 235,000
1967 245,000
1968 245,000
1969 245,000
1970 245,000
1971 245,000
1972 245,000
1973 250,000
1974 255,000
1975 255,000
1976 255,000
1977 255,000
1978 255,000
1979 255,000
1980 255,000
1981 257,000
1982 270,000
1983 280,000
1984 285,000
1985 290,000
1986 250,000
1987 240,000
1988 230,000
1989 240,000
1990 250,000
1991 250,000
1992 250,000
1993 270,000
1994 280,000
1995 280,000
1996 270,000
1997 270,000
1998 260,000
1999 280,000
2000 300,000
2001 300,000
2002 280,000
2003 270,000
2004 280,000
2005 280,000
2006 280,000
2007 280,000
2008 280,000
2009 280,000
2010 300,000
2011 300,000
2012 300,000
2013 300,000
2014 300,000
2015 300,000
2016 300,000
2017 300,000
2018 300,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Guinea-Bissau was 0.160 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.377 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.160 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.377
1962 0.374
1963 0.370
1964 0.366
1965 0.362
1966 0.357
1967 0.366
1968 0.360
1969 0.354
1970 0.348
1971 0.341
1972 0.334
1973 0.335
1974 0.337
1975 0.333
1976 0.331
1977 0.330
1978 0.330
1979 0.329
1980 0.326
1981 0.324
1982 0.333
1983 0.337
1984 0.335
1985 0.333
1986 0.280
1987 0.263
1988 0.247
1989 0.252
1990 0.256
1991 0.251
1992 0.245
1993 0.259
1994 0.263
1995 0.257
1996 0.243
1997 0.238
1998 0.225
1999 0.238
2000 0.250
2001 0.244
2002 0.223
2003 0.210
2004 0.213
2005 0.208
2006 0.203
2007 0.198
2008 0.194
2009 0.189
2010 0.197
2011 0.192
2012 0.187
2013 0.182
2014 0.177
2015 0.173
2016 0.168
2017 0.164
2018 0.160

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Guinea-Bissau was 10.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.67 in 2018, while its lowest value was 8.18 in 1988.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 8.36
1962 8.36
1963 8.36
1964 8.36
1965 8.36
1966 8.36
1967 8.71
1968 8.71
1969 8.71
1970 8.71
1971 8.71
1972 8.71
1973 8.89
1974 9.07
1975 9.07
1976 9.07
1977 9.07
1978 9.07
1979 9.07
1980 9.07
1981 9.14
1982 9.60
1983 9.96
1984 10.14
1985 10.31
1986 8.89
1987 8.53
1988 8.18
1989 8.53
1990 8.89
1991 8.89
1992 8.89
1993 9.60
1994 9.96
1995 9.96
1996 9.60
1997 9.60
1998 9.25
1999 9.96
2000 10.67
2001 10.67
2002 9.96
2003 9.60
2004 9.96
2005 9.96
2006 9.96
2007 9.96
2008 9.96
2009 9.96
2010 10.67
2011 10.67
2012 10.67
2013 10.67
2014 10.67
2015 10.67
2016 10.67
2017 10.67
2018 10.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use